English Translation

Berlín V 8. Wilhelmplat 8-9 Sernprecher: Al Säger 0014 Düro des State Secretary Der Reiehsminister bei Redisp.o ch für Volksaufklärung und Propaganda in Bökmen und mähren. Eing.: 29. APR.1940 Tgb. Ne... An 2695 Mr. State Secretary SS Group Leader Hermann F r a n y Prag Has been present to the Herrn Reichsptotektor. 3 29 Dear Pg.Prank! L Those of you in your letter of 4 April d=J. I have yet to consider in detail the reasons for your commitment to the need for the Sudeten German Philh. Orchestra to remain in Prague. If I had any reservations about the location of the Orchester in Prague, these were mainly due to the fact that I could not see the orchestra's competitiveness vis-à-vis the Czech Philharmonic in the current situation as being absolutely necessary. In addition, the economic situation of the orchestra, which shows in the disproportion between the expenditures in the amount of about 500 000.--RM and the estimated income in the amounts of only 76 O00.-RM, that the possibility of the Orchestra's effect in the Sudeten-German region and in the Protectorate is too limited. Despite these observations, however, I decided, on the basis of your remarks, to agree to the orchestra's stay in Prague, in order to support the German popular struggle in the Protectorate through a down-to-earth musical life, thereby expressing the recognition for the combative commitment shown by the Sudeten-German Phil. Orchester. However, it must be necessary for the orchestra to become a \from 7